| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Employment of Objective Time and its Effect in Humboldt’s Gift | 第12-20页 |
| 1. Record of the Social Reality in Objective Time | 第12-14页 |
| 2. Record of the Lives of the Two Artists in Objective Time | 第14-17页 |
| 3. Demonstration of Influence of Social Reality on Artists’fates | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Employment of Psychological Time and its Effects in Humboldt’s Gift | 第20-28页 |
| 1. Blending Forward Motion with Reflection | 第20-21页 |
| 2. Demonstration of Citrine’s Psychological Contradiction | 第21-23页 |
| 3. Demonstration of Humboldt’s Psychological Contradiction | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Three The Sense of Rhythm in Time in Humboldt’s Gift | 第28-37页 |
| 1. Duration in Humboldt’s Gift | 第28-32页 |
| ·Acceleration: Indication of Fate of an Artist | 第29-30页 |
| ·Deceleration: Focus on Psychological Experience of an Artist | 第30-32页 |
| 2. Frequency in Humboldt’s Gift | 第32-37页 |
| ·Singulative Frequency: Car | 第32-34页 |
| ·Repetative Frequency: Sleep | 第34-37页 |
| Conclusion | 第37-40页 |
| Bibliography | 第40-42页 |
